DAINTREE MANGROVES
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY


Entrance Fees: Adults $26, Children $13.  Family 2 Adults, 2 children $65.
 

WILDLIFE SPECIES LIST

Freshwater Crocodile
Saltwater Crocodile
Dingo
Tiger Quoll
Sugar Glider
Squirrel Glider
Northern Bettong
Rufous Bettong
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Emu
Cassowary
King Quail
Dusky Moorhen
Buff-banded Rail
Pacific Black Duck
Plumed Whistling -Duck
Australian Wood Duck
Cattle Egret
Nankeen Night Heron
Bush Thick-knee
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Emerald Dove
Spinifex Pigeon
Crested Pigeon
Wonga Pigeon
Pied Imperial Pigeon
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
(4 sub-species)
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
(2 sub-species)
White-tailed Black-Cockatoo
(2 sub-species)
Gang-Gang Cockatoo
Galah
(2 sub-species)
Long-billed Corella
(2 sub-species)
Little Corella
Short-billed Corella
Major Mitchell's Cookatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Eclectus Parrot
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-necked Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Varied Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Australian King Parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Superb Parrot
Regent Parrot
Princess Parrot
Cockatiel
Budgerigar
Red-capped Parrot
Red-rumped Pa
Adelaide Rosella
Green Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Yellow Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
Northern Rosella
Western Rosella
Port Lincoln Ringneck
Mallee Ringneck
Twenty-eight Parrot
Cloncurry Ringneck
Golden-shouldered Parrot
Hooded Parrot
Blue Bonnet
Bourke's Parrot
Blue-winged Parrot
Elegant Parrot
Turquoise Parrot
Scarlett-chested Parrot
Black Kite
Southern Boobook
Tawny Frogmouth
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Double-barred Finch
Zebra Finch
Long-tailed Finch
Plumb-headed Finch
Crimson Finch
Star Finch
Diamond Firetail
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Blue-faced Parrot-Finch
Gouldian Finch
 

                         The 11:00am live show.

 

Daintree Mangroves Wildlife Sanctuary boasts one of the most comprehensive collections of Australian Cockatoos, Parrots and Finches.  The display is further enhanced by two giant flightless Australian birds; the Emu and Cassowary along with Australia's only native dog, the Dingo and some Saltwater and Freshwater Crocodiles.
Other reptiles include; Slatey Grey Snake, Spotted Python, Amethystine Python, Carpet Python, Lace Monitor Lizard, Brown Tree Snake, Knob-tailed Geckoo, Eastern Water Skink, Eastern Blue-tongued Skink, Common Bearded Dragon, Eastern Water Dragon, and Frilled Lizard.
Amphibians include; Krefts Turtle, Saw-shelled Turtle, Green Tree Frog and White-lipped Green Tree Frog.
 Photographic opportunities abound, especially for overnight guests.

                             Spotted-tailed Quoll




     Blue-winged Kookaburra. photo by Rick Powell

 


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